Welcome to 9to5Forbes (“we,” “our,” or “us”), accessible at https://9to5forbes.com/. Our website covers technology, business, health, fashion, gaming, and the latest news (the “Service”).
This Privacy Policy outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal data when you use our Service. It also details your rights and choices regarding your data.
Data Collection and Use
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using our Service, you may be asked to provide certain personally identifiable information (“Personal Data”) that can be used to contact or identify you. This may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- Cookies and Usage Data
Usage Data
We collect information on how you access and use our Service (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include:
- Your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address
- Browser type and version
- Pages of our Service that you visit
- Date and time of your visit
- Time spent on those pages
- Unique device identifiers
- Other diagnostic data
Tracking and Cookies Data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and store certain information. Cookies are small data files that may include an anonymous unique identifier. These cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies used may include beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information to improve and analyze our Service.
You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
Examples of Cookies We Use:
- Session Cookies: Used to operate our Service.
- Preference Cookies: Used to remember your preferences and various settings.
- Security Cookies: Used for security purposes.
Use of Data
9to5Forbes uses the collected data for various purposes, including:
- To provide and maintain our Service
- To notify you about changes to our Service
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
- To provide customer care and support
- To provide analysis or valuable information to improve our Service
- To monitor the usage of our Service
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues
Data Transfer
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to—and maintained on—computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside [Your Country] and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to [Your Country] and process it there. By submitting your information, you consent to this transfer.
9to5Forbes will take all necessary steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. No transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or country unless there are adequate controls in place to ensure the security of your data and other personal information.
Data Disclosure
Legal Requirements
9to5Forbes may disclose your Personal Data in good faith when we believe such action is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation
- Protect and defend the rights or property of 9to5Forbes
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
- Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
- Protect against legal liability
Data Security
The security of your data is important to us. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Service Providers
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Analytics
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.
- Google Analytics: Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
You can opt out of having your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
For more information on Google’s privacy practices, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page.
Links to Other Sites
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “effective date” at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by visiting our Contact Us page.